Social Mention is a pretty good social media aggregator. Think Google, but for social media. When I say ‘pretty good’, I mean it’s not without its faults. It doesn’t do real phrasal searches – that is, a search for “Brendan Cooper” in quotes will give results with just “Brendan” and “Cooper” in them, which is [...]
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What are people saying about… the iPad, iPhone and iPod?
Unless you’ve been living in a cave for the past week, you’ll know all about the iPad, Apple’s new wunderkit – what it has, what it has not, what it’s for, what it’s not for, and so on. Fortunately, the term ‘iPad’ is very quick and easy to search for. So, it’s a doddle to [...]
Yahoo Pipe to filter for British English
Why are there so many Americans online? It’s probably not that much of a puzzler. There’s a lot of them around anyway, and they’re often several years ahead of Old Europe technologically. And they do like to talk. But that doesn’t help people like me when I need to monitor UK traffic. Sure, you can [...]
Yahoo Pipes: you’ve got to go there to come back
If anyone’s been following my Twitter feed recently they’ll know that I’ve been getting to grips with Yahoo Pipes. I think it’s an amazing tool and offers the tantalising possibility of creating a wholly modular monitoring system, effectively through programming-like routines which, through a neat graphical interface, largely remove the need for knowing how to [...]
Automation’s great – but I trust humans more
Repeatedly I’ve found myself being let down by the latest and greatest RSS tools. I’m not really sure how I can get around this problem, other than by being constantly vigilant – to the extent that it’s almost easier to forget RSS altogether and just monitor ‘by hand’. This is how it should work I’m [...]
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- 10 Apps for Finding AppsWith the bounty of apps available for mobile devices, it would take a full-time job to customize the best apps to suit our needs and populate our devices. Of course, there are the good ‘ol standbys like Facebook, Shazam, Twitter, Pulse, Angry Birds, (insert your favorite app here), but there are so many others that are worth the real estate on your phone — i […]Jeana Lee Tahnk
- Turn Instagram Photos Into a PosterEnjoy uploading pictures to the Internet via Instagram? Now you can turn your collection into a poster. Thanks to London-based online retailer Firebox, Instagram lovers can create their own poster by selecting their favorite photos to build their own. By clicking the Buy button on Firebox’s Instagram poster product page, Instagram members are prompted to add […]Samantha Murphy
- Liking WebHostingBuzz, and dealsJust over a month ago, I started a relationship with a new web hosting service, WebHostingBuzz. The words you’re reading now are served up to your screen from a database in the cloud (well, from a dedicated Dell server physically located in a data center somewhere in the US). As I noted in my first post about WebHostingBuzz, you now get content served to you […]neville@nevillehobson.com (Neville Hobson)
- Are You Smarterer Than Other Job Candidates? Prove ItThe Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Name: Smarterer Quick Pitch: Smarterer authenticates practical skills with timed online quizzes. Genius Idea: Crowdsourced, living tests for ever-changing […]Sarah Kessler
- Are Artists Luring Grammy Votes Via Social Media?Music artists have invited fans deeper into their lives through social media for years, but is the content they share online starting to capture the attention of Grammy voters? The 54th Grammy Awards airs Sunday, and the Recording Academy has declared digital, mobile and social media a focal point of this year’s proceedings. With more focus on social media, […]Brian Anthony Hernandez
- Is Your Blog Doing Okay?Last week, I told the story of how I achieved my best month ever on DPS. While I used that post as a case study to present some ideas that I hoped you may be able to use on your own blogs, there’s a hidden hitch with that kind of post: it can give you the impression that you should be aiming to triple your revenue each time you hone a promotion on your site. […]Darren Rowse
- U.S. Consumers Buy 20% of Valentine’s Gifts Online [INFOGRAPHIC]Consumers are expected to spend $17 billion on Valentine’s Day gifts this year, roughly a fifth of which will be spent online. That’s according to projections from the National Retail Federation and eMarketer, whose data is visualized in the infographic from Monetate below. Interestingly, men spend more than twice the amount women spend on Valentine’s Day: $ […]Lauren Indvik
